College Department 61ST LIBRARY EXAMINATION ADVANCED BIBLIOGRAPHY Wednesday, March 26, 1902-9.30 a. m. to 12.30 p. m., only Answer 10 questions but no more. If more than 10 are answered only the first 10 answers will be considered. Division of groups is not allowed. Each complete answer will receive 10 credits. Papers entitled to 75 or more credits will be accepted. 1 Mention five books that should be consulted in ordering $50 worth of books on natural science. 2 Mention 10 or more works that should be consulted in ordering $1,000 worth of art books. 3 What books should be consulted in making up a reading list on political economy? 4 Mention five bibliographies of American history. Which would be the most useful in selecting books dealing with (a) the Revolutionary period, (b) the Civil War period? 5 Mention and compare three bibliographies of philosophy. 6 Compare Poore's Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States with Ames's Comprehensive Index of the Publications of the United States Government. 7 Describe and criticize Sonnenschein's Best Books. 8 Mention the author of a good bibliography of (a) printing, (b) geology, (c) furniture, (d) historical novels, (e) steamengines, (ƒ) botany, (g) taxation, () bookbinding, (i) sculpture, (j) Latin literature, (k) domestic economy, (7) ethnology. 9 Outline a general plan for the preparation of a reading list with notes on any subject of general interest. 10-12 What five books on the Eastern question should you suggest for a small public library? 13-15 Select five works on the Renascence that would be of great value in a public library. College Department 61ST LIBRARY EXAMINATION ACCESSION DEPARTMENT WORK Wednesday, March 26, 1902-2.30 to 5.30 p. m., only Answer questions 1-2, 3-4 or 5-6 and six of the others but no more. If more than six of the others are answered only the first six answers will be considered. Each complete answer will receive 10 credits. Papers entitled to 75 or more credits will be accepted. 1-2 Enter seven volumes (to be assigned) on condensed accession sheets, using Library School Rules. For questions 3-7 write on the back of order slips the titles of reference books used. 3-4 Make out order slips for the following four books: Didon, Christophe Colomb. Scheffel, Ekkehard. Moody, Talks on Temperance. Castle, Pride of Jennico. 5-6 Make out order slips for the following four books: Chauvigné, La dernière lettre. Freytag, Soll und Haben. Harraden, The Fowler. Steel, Red Rowans. 7 Make out order slips for the following two books: Horweg, Beknopt overzicht der natuur- en werktuigkunde. 8 Write an order letter for the books mentioned either in questions 3-4 or in questions 5-6. 9 In marking books what are the relative advantages of an ink stamp, an embossing stamp and a perforating stamp? Describe what in your judgment is a satisfactory method of marking ownership of books for a large public library. 10 What records of gifts to a library is it desirable to make? What methods should be used to secure gifts for a public library? II How should you answer a trustee who wished to economize by giving up the accession book? 12 What are the main provisions of the international copyright law? 13 Should a small public library of about 5,000 volumes collect pamphlets? If so, on what lines? 14 Mention two or more good auction firms and the cities in which they are located. Mention one well-known dealer in second-hand books. 15 Fill out an auction blank for two books (to be marked on auction catalogue), looking up prices in reference books and bidding 10% less than off. College Department 61ST LIBRARY EXAMINATION SHELF DEPARTMENT WORK Friday, March 28, 1902-2.30 to 5.30 p. m., only Library School Shelf List Rules, Cutter's Author Tables, Shakspere Scheme and Time Number Scheme may be used in the examination. Answer questions 1-5 and five of the others but no more. If more than five of the others are answered only the first five answers will be considered. Division of groups is not allowed. Each complete answer will receive 10 credits. Papers entitled to 75 or more credits will be accepted. 1-2 Assign 20 book numbers according to the instruction of the New York State Library School, class numbers, authors and titles being given. 3-5 Make 20 shelf list entries (the necessary facts being assigned), using cards. 6 Shelf list one set of periodicals (the necessary facts being assigned), using 10x25 cm shelf sheets. 7 Give three practical reasons for keeping a shelf list. 8-9 What can be said for and against the use of (a) a bound book as a shelf list, (b) loose sheets for a shelf list, (c) a shelf list on cards? 10 When a library contains a large number of books on a subject, is it more or less desirable to use Cutter book numbers than when it contains only a few books on that subject? Why? II What form of book number should be used for fiction and biography in a popular library? Why? Mention the 12 Is it desirable to label the backs of books? different forms of labels used and state their relative cost and convenience. 13 Describe what is considered the best method of treating over size books. 14 What is the opinion of the best librarians on the subject of fixed and relative location of books? 15 Describe a good method of treating newspapers both in the reading-room and on the shelves. College Department 61ST LIBRARY EXAMINATION ELEMENTARY CATALOGUING, part I Answer to questions but no more. If more than 10 are answered only the first to answers will be considered. Each complete answer will receive 10 credits. Papers entitled to 75 or more credits will be accepted. The following helps may be used: Boston Athenæum Catalogue, Peabody Catalogue, Webster's Dictionary, Lippincott's Gazetteer, A. L. A. Subject Headings. Give all the entries necessary for six of the following books, specifying the author entry and mentioning also the See and See also references suggested by the subjects. Do not select two books under the same number. 1 (a) Steevens, With the conquering Turk; or, (b) Slocum, Voyage of the Liberdade; or, (c) Bourke, On the Border with Crook. 2 (a) Barrows, Indian Side of Indian Question; or, (b) Poole, Among the Sioux; or, (c) Dunn, Massacres of the Mountains. 3 (a) Zoological Record; or, (b) Geological Record; or, (c) Catalogue of Library of Institution of Civil Engineers, v. I. 4 (a) Nash, Higher Criticism of New Testament; or, (b) Pond, Seals opened; or, (c) Moulton, Daniel and minor Prophets. 5 (a) Wordsworth, Shakespeare's Knowledge of the Bible; or, (b) Corbin, Elizabethan Hamlet; or, (c) Sprague, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. 6 (a) Toronto public library, Catalogue; or, (b) Longmans, Green and Company's Catalogue; or, (c) Catalogue of Washington Collection. 7 (a) Anderson, Norse Mythology; or, (b) Mason, Woman's Share in primitive Culture; or, (c) Errera, Russian Jews. 8 (a) Loomis, Descendants of J. Loomis; or, (b) Dowley, History of the 12th Regiment Infantry; or, (c) Regulations for Military Forces of New York. 9 (a) Surgeon-general's Report, 1884; or, (b) Surgeon-general's Report, 1889; or, (c) Bulletin of United States Geological Survey. Answer four of the following questions in accordance with the Library School Card Catalogue Rules. 10 State fully the reasons for the difference in treatment of the Bible and other sacred books. II What principles should govern the cataloguer in doing analytic work in any library? If he has decided to analyze fully a certain work how does he know whether an author analytic or a subject analytic is required or whether both are necessary? 12 What has been the general trend of opinion concerning the treatment of pseudonymous books? What is Mr. Cutter's present attitude on this question? 13 State briefly the rule for the entry of (a) anonymous books, (b) publications of churches, (c) surnames beginning with a prefix, (d) compound names, (e) chapters of fraternities, (f) a document issued by the Bureau of Education, (g) a city document of Munich (Germany), (h) books written by noble men. 14 What is meant by (a) a partial title card, (b) a series note, (c) a general secondary card? What is the difference between an added entry card and a reference card in the name catalogue? 15 Arrange the following for the name catalogue: St Augustine. Müller, Max. Russell, Archibald Russel, Sidney. New York free circulating library. Sanborn, Kate. Shakspere, William. All's well that ends well. Russell (Ct.). |